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Parenting Help:

Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children

Fear, worry and anxiety are a normal part of being human (in fact they are essential for our survival) but when they impair our wellbeing, or disrupt our day-to-day lives and health, we need help. As parents, we need to guide our children to better understand and manage these feelings, and to recognise when they might need extra support.

The pace of our world doesn’t help… I firmly believe that much of the stress and anxiety present in children’s lives comes from hidden pressures and overzealous expectations of well-meaning parents and teachers. Adults want to hurry up the innate and unique development of children in a busy, instant world.

In the resources on this page, I address ways in which we can calm and soothe our children in our homes and classrooms. I also discuss the epidemic of anxiety and ways to support children in managing it.

I’ve been using creative visualisation techniques since I was a high school teacher and now there is an even greater wealth of research supporting the use of mindfulness and visualisation in stress-reduction. Two tracks that are particularly helpful for younger children experiencing worry or anxiety are my free audio track Safe ‘n Sound and a track I’ve created to help children identify and manage their feelings when their fear/anxiety arises and it is not a necessary response to a dangerous situation. That’s called Soothing the Frightened Butterflies.

And if you haven’t seen it I have a WHOLE ONLINE COURSE about Calming Our Children & Our Homes… check it out here.

Commonly known as Australia’s ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie is an author, educator, & parenting & resilience specialist. She is a dedicated advocate to quietly changing lives in our families and communities.